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A world title fight between Manny Pacquiao and Antonio Margarito on Nov. 13 very well may take place in the U.S.

Unfortunately for Las Vegas, it won't take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena or anywhere else in Southern Nevada.

Top Rank officials on Friday withdrew a request to the Nevada State Athletic Commission to add Margarito's application for a provisional one-fight license to its Aug. 9 agenda.

"Through conversations we've had, I didn't think we had any chance of prevailing in that meeting," said Top Rank CEO Bob Arum. "We took it off the calendar. We're not counting on Las Vegas."

Margarito, who had his license revoked for one year in February 2009 when an illegal substance was found in his hand wraps prior to a fight with Shane Mosley, instead will appear before the California commission Aug. 18 on a special hearing.

Although Arum wouldn't go into details on venues, the fight now could take place at Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

"We've moved on, and he's going to go before the California commission," Arum said. "Hopefully, they'll be fair and approve his license, and then we'll announce where the fight is going to be."

Conor McGregor became more than UFC featherweight champion with his 13-second knockout victory over Jose Aldo. He became the UFC. McGregor transcended into a level above any other fighter by living up to every promise about what he’d do to the only previous 145-pound champion in UFC history. And he set a slew of records doing it, including creating a live gate of $10.1 million at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta later said McGregor would become the first man to make more than $100 million in the octagon. The new era didn’t stop with McGregor. Luke Rockhold unseated previously undefeated Chris Weidman in the main event to become the seventh middleweight champion in UFC history.